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Addie Cullenberg has been maintaining the blog as of late due to my (Mali) lack of a camera/interesting information. So today I leave a small contribution, (but my first in weeks):

The entire girls team has kicked off with AWESOME times this season, especially at the last two meets (Messalonskee, Lawrence). Tomorrow, (the eve of our meet @Brunswick) is also bracelet day at the Farmington Fair, that most of the team is attending. We'll all be carb-ing up on fair delicacies in preparation for the race, ensuring copious amounts of racing energy :D Sooo... Be expecting follow-ups on fair pictures and Brunswick results in the next few days!

P.S MY NEW SPIKES CAME TODAY!!!!!!

1st Annual MBXC Zucchini Toss

All the zukes were named after either famous runners or old Mt. Blue runners, and we chose them by picking a piece of paper out of a bag. I picked Ryan Hall (U.S. record in the half marathon with a 59:43), which was really cool because I met him last winter at the USAFT Nationals in Reno. If you wanted to follow through with the competition, you had to say six facts about the runner. On the boys side, Nick Hilton won with a throw of 85', while Abby Lochala beasted her way to winning with a toss of 66'
KKNW, Addie

Messanlonskee instead of Leavitt..

The race on Friday was supposed to take place at Leavitt, but their football team had a conflict with the time, so it changed to Saturday. Our team relocated itself to Messalonskee to compete with eight or so other teams. It was our first time running their course, which people claimed was really flat and through fields. However, post course walk had us believing that throughout the race there would be several small but significant hills, and quite a bit of the course was in the woods, which was refreshing. Harlow Ladd smashed the boy's course record, running a 16:08 and winning by a second. Yet again the girls had to wait on the line for quite some time before the gun shot, so we kept ourselves busy by chatting and singing 'Don't Stop Believin'. Meaghan Collier broke the girl's course record and won the race with a 20:25. I was talking to her later and she said the old record from last year was about a 20:35, which means that I also broke it with a 20:29 (LPR!) and Gwen was a mere second away. Louisa Stancioff was our number three and ran brilliantly for fourth place (also an LPR!). We were without Emily Reed (one of our top 5) but still managed to win the meet. Something that I want to point out that was really special to see.. the whole Messalonskee boy's soccer team (including an injured boy on crutches) ran/hopped over to the boy's finish during their practice to cheer on their school. Very cool :)
KKNW, Addie

Gwen (left) and I love our spikes :D

Emily, Gwen, Addie, Louisa, Abby, Amy, Hannah, Maryam and Hailey!

Top 5: Meaghan Collier, Addie Cullenberg, Gwen Beacham, Louisa Stancioff and Abby Hart

Keeping our eyes on you; A tribute to the ex's

No, you are not forgotten. People ask me about you guys all the time; if you've settled well into the college routine, how you've done so far in your seasons. So, I've decided to dedicate a whole blog post entirely to you guys. Our #1 runner on the boy's team from last year was Kelton Cullenberg, who has gone on to pursue a career in mechanical engineering at UMaine. Melody Lam was our #1 girl's runner and is currently running for UMass Amherst. The first meet of the season (for both of them!) was at Franklin Park in Boston. My mom, sister and I drove down to watch, despite the fact that my brother didn't think it necessary. Upon arrival, we actually hid behind a tree while the UMaine guys got ready for a warm up. When the coast was clear, we dropped off a plate of blueberry lemon muffins on Kelton's bag and found Melody warming up with her team. And oh how weird it was to see her wearing maroon! She said it didn't feel quite like a high school race, that nerves weren't a big issue. On her team, Melody moved up from the high teens during her time trial to 11th (I believe??) in the race. Kelton had his first experience running an 8k, and talked about how much harder it was than a 5k when we found him (finally :) after his race was over. His teammate and captain, Riley Masters, won the race, and another "Maine guy" from last year's senior group, Jason Kaake (Morse) placed second on the team. Andrew Snyder (Cheverus) as well as Jeremy Theriault (EL) were also present.
KKNW, Addie

Addie had a little Lam.

Ex Mt. Bluians- Kelton Cullenberg, Melody Lam and Jordan Daniels.

The little Cullenbergs

somewhere near the finish...

@ Lawrence 9/10/2010

My sister Kahryn and her best friend, Farren Welzel (Brunswick)

The girl's team took second behind Brunswick!

The boy's team took first overall. Very nice facial hair, Will.

The day was absolutely fabulous; mid 60's, slightly breezy, a fast course, good competition. Mt. Blue's top three guys clocked in in under 18:00, which is decent in this part of the season. Will Lundquist (Cony) raced to a win, followed by Mt. Blue's Jaron and Jonah Jones. The girls had to stand at the line for a good twelve minutes because of technical difficulties, and we were all getting a bit antsy. The course had several challenges, including awkward stone and pebble trails and very acute turns. Abby Mace (Mar) finished in the high eighteens, followed by Katie McMahon (Bruns). Gwen (5th) and I (4th) ran stride for stride until we had about a quarter mile left to go; we both finished having broken 21:00. More later. tis late.

With mine you might as well call it a Luchini toss.

On a side note, if anyone is wondering why the Cullenberg ladies have unusually huge biceps, its because we participate in an annual zucchini toss up in the county during Labor Day weekend.. the one I ended up with this year was thicker than my thigh, I kinda went along for a little ride when i threw it :P

The Fun Calendar Part 1

Here at Mt. Blue we like mixing things up a bit so that every day at practice isn't just about the running. Today was twin day, and thank god this is the girl's team blog because not a single guy participated in it. More gatorade for the rest of us :) Also, we admire Amy and Louisa's courage for going up to be judged without resembling each other at all (minus the doe eyes and brown hair). Oh, and last week was blue and gold day.. congrats to winners Jonah and Silas.
KKNW, Addie



Left: Not so victorious, but a good effort to Eliza and to Juliette :P

Below: The winners.. twins Gwen and myself (Addie) and Anja and Sarah.

The Sahara has relocated to Farmington.

This has been one of the most challenging first weeks of school in the history of my education. The courses I'm taking as a Junior are a bit more strenuous than last year, but that's not the reasoning for my awful feelings toward the week. First of all, Mount Blue has zero air conditioning (oh wait, they do have it in guidance). Secondly, the student body was enlightened by the fact that neighboring districts canceled school due to the high heat. Lovely. Art class today was spent perched on a stool in the parking lot trying to draw Mt. Blue (the mountain!) while sweat was literally streaming down off my knees (ok, maybe that image seems a bit funky, but those guys are serious sweaters). All in all, our team was totally pumped for our home meet this afternoon! The thermometer read ninety, and the course was dryer than a new pair of shoelaces. The boys ended up winning with 31 points, defeating Boothbay and Messalonskee who tied for second with 58. Harlow Ladd (Mess) was off of the course record (set by my brother, Kelton, last year) of 17:17 by a mere four seconds. Throughout the course of the race (pun always intended :), the lead pack of girl's mile splits were faster than the course record holder, Melody Lam's. I just barely missed the final time, running a 21:47 while the record set the previous season was a 21:45. I never got the chance to see Meaghan Collier (Mess) or Gwen Beacham (MTB) cross the line, because I was whisked away from the chute, and declared very clammy and pale by a "mother of the team" (who also helps our nordic ski team a bunch). Those symptoms were expressed as early signs of hyperthermia. So I was driven to the Trainer's room where my father showered me in a sink of ice water until I regained color and could feel the frigidity of the water. To sum it up, for the outrageous temperature the times run this afternoon were quite impressive on both sides. Lawrence next week should be an exciting, intense race, with the talent running closer together than the width of a credit card (for all of you who listened to the announcer at the New England Track and Field meet this past season :)
KKNW, Addie